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Alan,
<p>Good joke! :-) But you know that the customer will mangle
the comment and tell all their friends, "My tuner said this piano is just
like a Steinway!"
<p>Alan wrote:
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>Well
you never want to put people down or trash talk the things they are proud
of
but you dont want to speak outright falsehoods either. The answer
is Creative Truth-telling.</font></font><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>An
example: I was having a tough time tuning a recently imported Chinese-made
grand piano. You know the trouble
you pull it up to pitch
youre almost
there
one more tweak
and <span
class=SpellE>bwooop</span> it
jumps up 15 cents
<span class=SpellE>grrr</span>
so you put a
little back pressure on it and pound it down
it almost gets there
a
little more pressure and
.. <span
class=SpellE><span class=GramE>beeooop</span></span>
it drops 15 cents.</font></font><o:p></o:p></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>Anyhow,
it was reminding me of tuning a certain classic line of American-made pianos.
Just as I formed that thought, the proud owner walks in and asks So, how
do you like my piano? I got a terrific deal on it.</font></font><o:p></o:p></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>Well,
says I, It tunes just like a Steinway!</font></font><o:p></o:p></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>Alan
R. Barnard</font></font></span><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><st1:place><st1:City><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'><font face="Arial"><font size=-1>Salem</span></st1:City><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:
yes'>, </span><st1:State><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>MO</font></font></span></st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p>
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12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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